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| Original author(s) | Wietse Venema at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Venema and many others |
| Initial release | December 14, 1998 |
| Stable release | 3.9.0
/ March 6, 2024 |
| Preview release | 3.10-202401122
/ November 22, 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C[1] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Mail transfer agent |
| License | IBM Public License or Eclipse Public License |
| Website | www |
Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) that routes and delivers electronic mail.
It is released under the IBM Public License 1.0 which is a free software license. Alternatively, starting with version 3.2.5, it is available under the Eclipse Public License 2.0 at the user's option.[2]
Originally written in 1997 by Wietse Venema at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, and first released in December 1998,[3] Postfix continues as of 2023[update] to be actively developed by its creator and other contributors. The software is also known by its former names VMailer and IBM Secure Mailer. The name Postfix is a compound of "post" (which is another word for "mail") and "bugfix" (which is for other software that inspired Postfix development).
- ^ Lextrait, Vincent (July 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.3". Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Postfix stable release 3.2.5, and legacy releases 3.1.8, 3.0.12, and 2.11.11". January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Markoff, John (December 1998). "Sharing Software, IBM to Release Mail Program Blueprint". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2017.